It’s not “some people.” It’s a tiny handful of people are ultra-rich and own 90% of everything. Most people are dirt poor. A small and shrinking percentage of us are middle-class.
What “Trickle-on Economics” fans fail to acknowledge is that wealth does not flow down river to the rest of us. The rich build a dam and go swimming in the reservoir.
Some might say something idiotic like “make the choices that the wealthy do.” Haha! How can someone choose to be born into wealth? M-usk’s father owned an emerald mine, did M-usk choose to be born his son? T-rump’s dad had money, so I guess t-rump chose to be born in that family, huh? Sure, make the choice to be born in a rich family??? Or make the choice to not have an economic system which oppresses huge groups of people? With only a few rare exceptions, the wealthy are not rich because of their personal choices, they are rich because they were born into privilege or they were born into a class that has historically been favored by a corrupt system.
Shakespeare once said, I cried when I had no shoes, But I stopped crying when I saw a man without legs…! life is full of blessings, sometime we don’t value it.
Oh give me a freaking break. You get out of life what you put into. I served 6 years in the Navy during Vietnam, worked hard at my job for 32 years after. People call me lucky, NO it was hard work to get where I am. Had H.S. classmates that peaked in H.S., and coasted their adult life. Now they have little to nothing to show for those years. Well again, you get out of life what you put into. Quit your dang whining and live with what you created.
In the proverb, originating in agrarian societies, rain is a good thing. It makes the crops grow. If god cared very much about “justice” it would be extremely easy for him to keep rain from falling on the croplands of the wicked. Which would probably do more to call humankind into the pale of Religion than any number of eloquent sermons.
There’s a business opportunity for someone “just” to make some umbrellas and sell them and make money in the same manner that made many of the “unjust” families rich. The only problematic “unjust” are those that get there because they have ties to government and an unfair advantage because of those ties.
Ratkin Premium Member 8 months ago
Just get used to it.
pearlsbs 8 months ago
Life is not fair. And the people that try to make it fair usually end up making it more unfair.
pschearer Premium Member 8 months ago
Cut all the umbrellas in half and give half to the poor. Eazy-peazy.
(Where did she learn this socialist drivel?)
Say What Now‽ Premium Member 8 months ago
“A rising tide floats all boats” is what rich people with boats say.
Gent 8 months ago
Why you need umbrella inside space station?
cdward 8 months ago
It’s not “some people.” It’s a tiny handful of people are ultra-rich and own 90% of everything. Most people are dirt poor. A small and shrinking percentage of us are middle-class.
cmxx 8 months ago
The way I heard this one, it went:
It rains somewhere most every day,
On all the just and unjust fellas.
But mostly on the just,
Because the unjust have the just’s umbrellas.
gantech 8 months ago
Good use of metaphor for someone so young!
(And that’s what I met ’er for!)
Lenavid 8 months ago
And another Leftist Ideologue begins its war for “Social Justice”, challenging reality and its consequences for choices.
Serial Pedant 8 months ago
Better capitalist drivel?
360guy Premium Member 8 months ago
In context, this verse is about rain as a blessing. Mt. 5:43-45
ajr58(1) 8 months ago
What “Trickle-on Economics” fans fail to acknowledge is that wealth does not flow down river to the rest of us. The rich build a dam and go swimming in the reservoir.
ComicLover2 Premium Member 8 months ago
Some might say something idiotic like “make the choices that the wealthy do.” Haha! How can someone choose to be born into wealth? M-usk’s father owned an emerald mine, did M-usk choose to be born his son? T-rump’s dad had money, so I guess t-rump chose to be born in that family, huh? Sure, make the choice to be born in a rich family??? Or make the choice to not have an economic system which oppresses huge groups of people? With only a few rare exceptions, the wealthy are not rich because of their personal choices, they are rich because they were born into privilege or they were born into a class that has historically been favored by a corrupt system.
ekw555 8 months ago
I will allow a child to use the “f-word” that I find unacceptable for use by adults.
del_grande Premium Member 8 months ago
“The rain it raineth on the just
And also on the unjust fella;
But chiefly on the just, because
The unjust hath the just’s umbrella."
― Charles Bowen
mistercatworks 8 months ago
They will however lease them to you at market prices.
Mike Baldwin creator 8 months ago
Shakespeare once said, I cried when I had no shoes, But I stopped crying when I saw a man without legs…! life is full of blessings, sometime we don’t value it.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member 8 months ago
Oh give me a freaking break. You get out of life what you put into. I served 6 years in the Navy during Vietnam, worked hard at my job for 32 years after. People call me lucky, NO it was hard work to get where I am. Had H.S. classmates that peaked in H.S., and coasted their adult life. Now they have little to nothing to show for those years. Well again, you get out of life what you put into. Quit your dang whining and live with what you created.
AndrewSihler 8 months ago
In the proverb, originating in agrarian societies, rain is a good thing. It makes the crops grow. If god cared very much about “justice” it would be extremely easy for him to keep rain from falling on the croplands of the wicked. Which would probably do more to call humankind into the pale of Religion than any number of eloquent sermons.
norphos 8 months ago
We make them rich by buying their wares.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace 8 months ago
She’s just jealous because he is wearing a helmet. This is a version of an umbrella.
geese28 8 months ago
“To be born poor is not your fault….but to stay in it is.”
Beowulf 406 Premium Member 8 months ago
Wow, Tim got pretty deep today.
DarkHorseSki 8 months ago
There’s a business opportunity for someone “just” to make some umbrellas and sell them and make money in the same manner that made many of the “unjust” families rich. The only problematic “unjust” are those that get there because they have ties to government and an unfair advantage because of those ties.
Frer Squirrel 8 months ago
The unjust demand that others pay for their umbrella policies, while the rich collect the rain, and sell it, thus acquiring liquid assets!